Positions: Chief Consulting Engineer Blades, Chief Consulting Engineer Turbine System Integration for blades, Senior Director Front End Engineering, member of the engineering management team

When GE acquired LM Wind Power in 2017 it was the largest independent wind turbine blade manufacturer worldwide. Front End Engineering drove innovation at scale—developing advanced designs for a diverse global client base and consistently delivering more than ten new blade products into production each year

In my role as Head of Front End Engineering, I led the department responsible for early-stage blade development, overseeing critical design phases with a focus on aerodynamic and aero-acoustic performance. As Chief Engineer, I provided technical governance by assessing design quality, evaluating risks, and reviewing new blade products as well as innovations in both design and manufacturing processes. I was involved in the main quality issues and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Investigations. As Chief Engineer I deepened my knowledge on composite manufacturing, blade handling, leading edge protection and ice mitigation systems.

Position: Managing Director

Knowledge Centre WMC was a leading independent research institute in the Netherlands, specializing in structural testing of materials, components, and large-scale structures for the wind industry. The organization was at the forefront of innovation, pioneering full-scale wind turbine blade testing under realistic biaxial fatigue loads, well ahead of industry-wide adoption. Next WMC has performed advanced full scale testing on blade root connections, segmented blades, pitch bearings and various composite structures. WMC supplied the FOCUS wind turbine and blade design software package.

As Managing Director, I oversaw daily operations with full accountability for commercial performance, quality, and safety. Initiated and started the revision of the IEC-61400-23 specification as chair of the new IEC Maintenance Team. I successfully returned the organization to profitability within my first year, following a period of financial losses. But, I also recognized that the existing test infrastructure would become insufficient as turbine blade lengths continued to grow. To secure long-term competitiveness, I initiated strategic partnership discussions with LM Wind Power in 2017. These efforts culminated in the successful acquisition of WMC in 2018.

Positions: Director of GL Garrad Hassan Nederland B.V, Head of Mechanical Engineering Section, Head of Special Projects, Member of the Turbine Engineering management team

Garrad Hassan (later GL Garrad Hassan, now part of DNV) was a premier independent renewable energy consultancy, founded in 1984. We provided technical, engineering, software, and advisory services to the wind, tidal, wave, and solar sectors. Garrad Hassan was widely known for its technical expertise and independence.

I started running the small but talented team named “special projects”. The team offered conceptual studies, cost modelling, and technical due diligence of new concepts or components for wind or tidal energy. Later my role extended to head of the mechanical design team, developing wind turbine designs for global clients.

Positions: Member of the management team of the Unit Wind Energy, Manager Wind Turbine Technology Group, QSHE manager Unit Wind Energy, Interim manager of the group Wind Farm Design, Manager Wind Turbine Experiments Group, Researcher/Project Leader turbine certification

The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) was one of the largest energy research institutes in Europe and held a strong international position in wind energy research and development

As project leader certification I was responsible for the design evaluation of new wind turbine types. Next to my managerial roles I have actively participated in research and standardization. As a research leader, I contributed to the Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Converter (DOWEC) project for many years. I have lead the work package Upscaling of the project UPWIND developing techno-economic to investigate the cost of wind energy generated. In the EU project INNWind I supported DTU with the development of superconducting direct drive generator concept, and Magnomatics with the assessment of their pseudo direct drive, with a magnetic gear integrated in the generator concept. Member of the Dutch committee on wind turbines standards NEC88, national member of IEC TC88 working group revising the 61400-1 standard on turbine safety and secretary of the working group 3 drafting the first 61400-3 standard on offshore.

Position: senior engineer

Windmaster Nederland  was one of the three Dutch wind turbine OEMs at the time, next to NedWind and Lagerwey. In the early nineties WindMaster offered a 3-bladed turbine with 300kW and a 2-bladed wind turbine with 750kW power rating.

With less than 10 engineers we were a small design team. The development of a new 600kW variant with a 46m rotor and variable speed pitch control was a bold choice of management. My role was hands on managing the controller development, aeroelastic load calculations, strength and fatigue assessment, GL design approval and commissioning of the prototypes.

Other tasks involved root cause analysis of issues in field. I was the first commercial user of Garrad Hassan’s Bladed software package in 1996.

Position: Researcher & Project Leader

The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) was one of the largest energy research institutes in Europe and held a strong international position in wind energy research and development.

Worked as a researcher blade fatigue and on aero-elastic modelling. Developed a full-scale blade test setup capable of biaxial extreme and fatigue testing of blades up to 30m. Contributed to the development and validation of an aero-elastic code. Participated in European R&D on turbulence modelling and inflow conditions in mountainous terrains. Published an article on numeric optimization, minimizing the cost of energy by optimizing the aero-elastic response. Finding the optimal balance between structural loads, costs and energy performance.